Examination today revealed that Jan Vertonghen's calf injury is not that bad. This is what Het Laatste Nieuws knows. The World Cup is not in danger, according to the newspaper, but he may not play Thursday's matches against Lierse and Sunday's against Genk. Read more »
Anderlecht has to face PFC Ludogorets Razgrad from Bulgaria in the next round of the Conference League. Not a familiar name, but also a club not to be underestimated. We introduce them briefly. Read more »
After several weeks of injury, Nilson Angulo made his reappearance with the RSCA Futures on Friday. "An injury to the adductors, sustained during training at Anderlecht," the Ecuadorian clarified in Het Nieuwsblad. Read more »
According to Het Laatste Nieuws, it's over and out for Wesley Hoedt at Anderlecht. According to the newspaper, when he heard Thursday that he would not start against Silkeborg, the defender gave a very uninterested impression and preferred his smartphone and airpods to the tactical discussion. Read more »
Hannes Delcroix would normally start at left back, but due to the injury of Jan Vertonghen he shifted to the center. "I was happy to do that," he laughed afterwards. "And I'm glad it worked out well." Read more »
Anderlecht drew 0-0 at Antwerp. Anderlecht escaped the deficit several times, although they played well before halftime. Offensively, however, Purple White could not show anything tonight, but it could have had a penalty kick after halftime after a pushing error on Amuzu. The point does not do Anderlecht much good in the ranking, but it can be a boost for the important cup match at Lierse. Read more »
Romelu Lukaku paid a visit to Anderlecht's youth academy a few days ago. The U8 players were very happy to have their picture taken with the top scorer of the Red Devils. Lukaku is currently rehabilitating in Belgium from a hamstring injury. Read more »
With a visit to Antwerp, Anderlecht will face a difficult task tonight. During the previous matches, the purple and white played very nice at times, but still made it unnecessarily difficult for themselves. Against the Great Old, Anderlecht can take a step forward. Read more »
Two surprises in the selection for the match at Antwerp. First, Trebel is back in the selection for the first time after his injury. Second, there is no sign of Wesley Hoedt. The Dutchman is said to be dissatisfied with his current status as a bench player and was therefore not included in the selection. Possibly this means that Anderlecht opens the door for a departure of the defender in the next mercato. Read more »
Ghana's national coach has announced a pre-selection of 55 players for the World Cup in Qatar. One of them is Majeed Ashimeru.Mo Dauda, loaned to Tenerife by Anderlecht with a mandatory purchase option, is also among them. Read more »
After more than a month of injury, Nilson Angulo makes his reappearance with the RSCA Futures tonight. Angulo has not played since Sept. 27, during an international game with Ecuador against Japan. For tonight's game against Standard II, he is back in the salection. Read more »
West Ham also won its sixth and final game in the group of Anderlecht yesterday. It thus ends the group stage of the Conference League with 18 out of 18. Visiting FCSB, it became 0-3. Read more »
How do you best respond to criticism? By playing a very strong game and giving your team European wintering, Hendrik Van Crombrugge must have thought. Against Silkeborg, Anderlecht had every chance to win easily, but still it was shivering and trembling until the last second. Read more »
Robin Veldman has some surprises in store in his starting line-up for tonight. For instance, Wesley Hoedt and Amadou Diawara disappear from the starting line-up. Hannes Delcroix will start at left back. Yari Verschaeren is fit and will play at right forward. Read more »
Lior Refaelov is out of contract with Anderlecht after this season and wants to know by New Year whether an extended stay at Lotto Park is happening. This is what his manager Dudu Dahan told Het Laatste Nieuws today. Dahan meanwhile screens interest from other clubs, including "a Belgian top club". Read more »
Can Yari Verschaeren play against Silkeborg tomorrow or not? Tonight after the last training session before the game, the decision will be made. Coach Robin Veldman told that at his pre-match press conference. Read more »
Alexis Saelemaekers is currently in Belgium to rehabilitate from a knee injury. Het Laatste Nieuws sought him out and of course Anderlecht came up for discussion. "It hurts to see the club of my heart go through such a difficult period," the Milan player told the paper. Read more »
Five Anderlecht players were active with the national U17 in the European Championship qualifying round the past few days. Michiel Haentjens, Ethan Butera (photo), Kais Barry, Ismaël Baouf and Lilian Vergeyelen experienced a nice five days. They won all three of their matches. Read more »
Anderlecht have announced a squad of 23 players who will travel to Denmark for Thursday's Conference League match against Silkeborg. Benito Raman has recovered from his injury and is back in the selection. Yari Verschaeren will also travel along. Read more »
Bogdan Mykhaylichenko scored his first goal for Shaktar Donetsk this weekend. Mo Bouchouari then again seems to have secured a starting place at Emmen. The overview of the loaned players. Read more »
After the game against Eupen, coach Robin Veldman came with slightly positive news about Yari Verschaeren's injury. In the afternoon, Het Nieuwsblad was still talking about an absence of two to those weeks, but it may not get that far. Read more »
There is a good chance Noah Sadiki will play right-back in the European match against Silkeborg on Thursday. The youngster may replace the suspended Amir Murillo. Yesterday against Eupen, he also came in for Murillo in the closing minutes. Read more »
This afternoon, at age 22, it finally happened: Theo Leoni got to make his debut for Anderlecht's first team. "I feel an enormous pride, also for my family," he said after the match. "I had been waiting for this for a long time. I had to be very patient." Read more »
Bad luck for Yari Verschaeren. The attacking midfielder was missing this afternoon with a knee injury. He is said to be out for two to three weeks. That means he will be out of action before the World Cup break, which starts on November 13 . Read more »
Anderlecht beat Eupen 4-2 this afternoon. The home team led 2-0 early on, but then refused to finish Eupen off completely. The Pandas then came back into the match before half-time through an unfortunate own-goal by Hoedt. Refaelov seemed to redeem Anderlecht after halftime with the 3-1, but immediately afterwards Peeters surprised with a free-kick that still made Anderlecht cringe again. The recovered Ait El Hadj crowned his good performance with a fine 4-2 which Purple and White did not relinquish. Read more »
Anderlecht have announced a selection of 20 players for tomorrow's match against Eupen. Compared to Thursday, Zeno Debast and Hannes Delcroix return from injury. Besides the suspended Arnstad, four other players drop out. Read more »
Will we (finally) get Théo Leoni's debut for the first team tomorrow? It could well be, as the RSCA Futures captain is not present tonight at Beerschot. He is, however, in the selection for the first team's match tomorrow. Will he benefit from Kristian Arnstad's suspension? Read more »
Kristoffer Olsson was not included in Midtjylland's squad against Lazio of Rome, he is said to be suffering from a minor injury that prevented him from playing in the match. His team was beaten by 2-1, they are fourth in their group. Read more »
Wouter Vandehaute made some statements during his press conference last Monday that have gone wrong with supporters. For instance, he said that the confidence of politicians had to be regained. The supporters showed their disagreement with a banner yesterday. Read more »
